12-letter words containing k, m, e
- cooking time — the time that something needs to cook
- damask steel — Damascus steel
- damaskeening — Present participle of damaskeen.
- dark mineral — any rock-forming mineral that has a specific gravity greater than 2.8 and that is generally dark in color.
- daydreamlike — resembling a daydream
- denim jacket — a jacket made of a hard-wearing twill-weave cotton fabric
- devil's mark — (in witchcraft) a mark, as a scar or blemish, on the body of a person who has made a compact with a devil.
- dialkylamine — (organic chemistry) Any secondary amine formed from two alkyl groups.
- disembarking — Present participle of disembark.
- don't ask me — You reply 'don't ask me' when you do not know the answer to a question, usually when you are annoyed or surprised that you have been asked.
- dream ticket — If journalists talk about a dream ticket, they are referring to two candidates for political positions, for example President and Vice-President, or Prime Minister and Deputy Prime Minister, who they think will be extremely successful.
- drinker moth — a large yellowish-brown bombycid eggar moth, Philudoria potatoria, having a stout hairy body, the larvae of which drink dew and feed on grasses
- dumper truck — A dumper truck is the same as a dump truck.
- economy pack — a large pack of goods that is cheaper than a normal-sized pack
- ekman spiral — a complex interaction on the surface of the sea between wind, rotation of the earth, and friction forces, discovered by Vagn Walfrid Ekman
- epoch-making — An epoch-making change or declaration is considered to be extremely important because it is likely to have a significant effect on a particular period of time.
- eskimo-aleut — (designating or of) a family of languages including Aleut and the Eskimo languages
- facebook.com — (web) One of the most popular social networking websites.
- flickermouse — Alternative form of flittermouse.
- forex market — short for
- franked mail — official mail sent by members of Congress, the vice president, and other authorized officials. Compare frank1 (defs 6–9).
- gammon steak — a thick cut of meat made from smoked or cured bacon or ham and often served with pineapple or fried egg
- garment rack — A garment rack is a rail used in stores to hang items of clothing on display, such as shirts and coats.
- glacier milk — water flowing in a stream from the snout of a glacier and containing particles of rock
- green monkey — a W African variety of a common guenon monkey, Cercopithecus aethiops, having greenish-brown fur and a dark face
- greenbackism — a former political party, organized in 1874, opposed to the retirement or reduction of greenbacks and favoring their increase as the only paper currency.
- greenmarkets — Plural form of greenmarket.
- groom's cake — a fruit cake in layers of graduated size, served at a wedding.
- heimskringla — a book of the 13th century narrating the history of the kings of Norway by Snorri Sturluson.
- hemiplankton — plankton that spend part of their life cycle in a vegetative state on the sea bottom, riverbed, etc. (opposed to holoplankton).
- hit the mark — to achieve one's aim; be successful in one's attempt
- holidaymaker — vacationer.
- home banking — a system whereby a person at home or in an office can use a computer with a modem to call up information from a bank or to transfer funds electronically
- home cooking — home-made food
- homesickness — sad or depressed from a longing for home or family while away from them for a long time.
- hupokeimenon — (philosophy) That which underlies, or lies beneath; substratum.
- hyperkalemia — an abnormally high concentration of potassium in the blood.
- hyperkalemic — Having a high percentage of potassium in one's blood.
- hypermarkets — Plural form of hypermarket.
- hypokalaemia — Alternative form of hypokalemia.
- hypokeimenon — Alternative spelling of hupokeimenon.
- iliamna lake — the largest lake in Alaska, in the SW part. 1022 sq. mi. (2647 sq. km).
- inkhorn term — an obscure, affectedly or ostentatiously erudite borrowing from another language, especially Latin or Greek.
- james dickey — James, 1923–97, U.S. poet and novelist.
- james k polk — James Knox, 1795–1849, the 11th president of the U.S. 1845–49.
- kamehameha i — ("the Great") 1737?–1819, king of the Hawaiian Islands 1810–19.
- katharometer — (science) A device used for analyzing gas mixtures by measuring their thermal conductivity.
- katzenjammer — the discomfort and illness experienced as the aftereffects of excessive drinking; hangover.
- keep company — a number of individuals assembled or associated together; group of people.
- keep in mind — (in a human or other conscious being) the element, part, substance, or process that reasons, thinks, feels, wills, perceives, judges, etc.: the processes of the human mind.